A whole new ballgame: Yokohama DeNA BayStars get an upgrade
Looking down at the sea of dark blue seats that frame one of Nippon Professional Baseball's smallest playing fields, one thing becomes clear: For the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, the ballpark, and the myriad experiences it offers those who take in a game, is their ...
Man takes gun from Yokohama police officer and fires it; no one injured
A police officer in Yokohama became the latest officer to have his weapon stolen Friday morning when one of two men involved in a violent dispute disarmed him and fired a shot before being subdued, the police said. No one was injured. Toshitaka Suzuki, 31, ...
Japan Times 1944: "Accidental blow to back of head restores sight to blind war veteran"
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 30 1919 Fire destroys 3,700 buildings in Yokohama THE JAPAN TIMES The great fire which raged in Yokohama on Monday was the most destructive in the history of that city. The latest reports say that 13 persons were severely injured and 61 ...
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police on Tuesday arrested a woman, 22, and a man, 21, who lives with her, on suspicion of leaving her three-year-old daughter severely burned at her home in Yokohama. The unemployed woman, Kaho Hashimoto, and the man, Satoshi Tanaka, who works as ...
Nonprofit groups help find safe homes for Japan's abandoned pets
Life hasn't been easy for Stella. The small kitten with scruffy fur and matching orange-tinted eyes was born in September and still has no home. Just months ago, Stella's mother was living near a park in Kawasaki with neither food nor shelter. With winter looming, ...
Fire at Yokohama lodging house leaves two dead and eight injured
A man and a woman were killed and eight others were injured early Friday when a fire broke out at a lodging house in Yokohama, police said. The fire broke out in a room on the fifth floor of the 10-story Ogiso Bekkan lodging house, ...
Crashed Ice makes Asian debut in Yokohama
Four skaters, all wearing hockey gear, brace themselves in their starting gates on the lip of a 22-meter drop atop a long course covered entirely in a layer of ice about 20 cm thick. The race announcer gives them a five-second warning, enough time to ...
Kazuho Ishibashi’s action was “persistent and malicious,” the prosecutors said at the Yokohama District Court.
Yokohama to host IAAF World Relays
Yokohama will host the IAAF World Relays next year, the city and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced on Friday. It will be the event's first time away from its traditional home in Nassau, the Bahamas. The competition will be held at International Stadium Yokohama ...
Ex-head of kimono firm admits to defrauding banks before company failed
The former head of a bankrupt rental kimono firm admitted Friday to defrauding banks to keep his business running, until it suddenly shut its shops before this year's Coming-of-Age Day celebration in January, causing a furor among female clients who were left without formal ...
Rest, weary Japan traveler, and read this riveting 'ishibumi'
Much can be gleaned from memorials and markers erected at roadsides and elsewhere in Japan to commemorate people or mark events.
